*Hold Back the Tide *is a gripping paranormal horror with an environmental message. Set in a quiet lakeside community in 1800’s Scotland with one open secret — everyone knows that Alva's father killed her mother all those years ago.

*Hold Back the Tide *is a gripping paranormal horror with an environmental message. Set in a quiet lakeside community in 1800’s Scotland with one open secret — everyone knows that Alva's father killed her mother all those years ago.

Alva is planning to leave as soon as she can, but then the waters in the loch start dropping. And some things should stay hidden... When rumours start of dark creatures rising from the lake, Alva ignores them. But as terror begins to hold the village in its grip, Alva comes to realise that there may well be a connection between the secrets of her past and the horror of her present.Author bioMelinda Salisbury is the three-time Carnegie nominated and bestselling author of multiple young adult novels, including The Sin Eater's Daughter series, the Sorrow duology, and* Hold Back the Tide *. Her first novel, The Sin Eater's Daughter, was the bestselling UK YA debut novel of 2015, and collectively her books have been nominated for multiple awards and published in 15 countries to date. August 2021 will see the publication of her first non-fiction book, The Way Back Almanac. Melinda currently lives on the East Sussex coast and is a passionate vegan and amateur naturalist.